Dennis Wong

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Taliban Update – The New York Timesfollows up on findings in a NATO report, “State of the Taliban 2012” – based on 27,000 interrogations of 4,000 insurgents in Afghanistan – showing resilient fighters “convinced that they …

Russian Around — The New York Timesexplores the uneasy alliance fraying between Russian liberals and nationalists opposed to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The Washington Postreports on the other side: “The authorities are …

Tibetan Turmoil – The South China Morning Postreports another Tibetan has been shot dead in escalating protests in the western part of China’s Sichuan province. The death follows similar unrest Monday that left at least one …

Daring Raid — U.S. Special Forces swooped into Somalia on Wednesday, and rescued two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates. The New York Times pieces together the details, noting that it …

Falklands Fury – Britain’s ever-so-even-handed press, ahem, is rife with the war of words brewing between London and Buenos Aires over the Falklands Islands. As the thirtieth anniversary of the conflict approaches in April, …

Imagining Asia — Foreign Policy uses the case of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrihim to challenge the enduring myth that so-called “Asian values” are a barrier to democratization in the countries of East and Southeast

“It’s Time to Think Seriously About Intervening in Syria”— CFR fellow Steven A. Cook argues in the Atlantic the West must reconsider the assumption Bashar al-Assad’s regime will fall on its own. Meanwhile, the Guardian‘s Middle …

Pollution Police —The Guardianassesses China’s level of environmental transparency, noting NGOs are increasingly upbeat after public campaigns forced major players, including Apple and the Beijing government, to release sensitive information on pollution and its origins.

In his column in the latest issue of TIME magazine, Fareed Zakaria points to the specter seemingly hanging over the Middle East — the rise of Islamist political parties in Arab Spring countries like Egypt — and dispels its menace. Groups like the Muslim Brotherhood appear genuine in their commitments to democratic and constitutional …